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Mystery: Was John a Samaritan (view source)
Revision as of 02:26, August 17, 2024
, 02:26, August 17, 2024John is the only Gospel author who never used the term "Gentiles", as Samaritans would not because they were half-Gentile and thus it was not a distinguishing term for them, while the other Gospel authors (and Peter and Paul) repeatedly us
{{See also|Mystery:Unsolved_Gospel_Mysteries}}
{{See also|Mystery:Unsolved_Gospel_Mysteries}}
[[John the Apostle]] was probably a [[Samaritan]], or different from the other disciples in another ethnic or fundamental way, in light of the following 24 reasons:
[[John the Apostle]] was probably a [[Samaritan]], or different from the other disciples in another ethnic or fundamental way, in light of the following 25 reasons:
*Samaritans did not celebrate [[Passover]] with a meal but with a sacrifice (of a lamb),<ref>https://www.chosenpeople.com/modern-samaritans-and-the-ancient-passover-sacrifice/</ref> and the [[Last Supper]] is uniquely described in the [[Gospel of John]] as not being a Passover meal.
*Samaritans did not celebrate [[Passover]] with a meal but with a sacrifice (of a lamb),<ref>https://www.chosenpeople.com/modern-samaritans-and-the-ancient-passover-sacrifice/</ref> and the [[Last Supper]] is uniquely described in the [[Gospel of John]] as not being a Passover meal.
*Only the [[Gospel of John]] refers to the "Passover of the Jews,"<ref>{{bibleref|John|2|13}} ([[ESV]])</ref> which is how a Samaritan might have distinguished it from their different Passover; all the other [[Gospels]] refer to only the "Passover";
*Only the [[Gospel of John]] refers to the "Passover of the Jews,"<ref>{{bibleref|John|2|13}} ([[ESV]])</ref> which is how a Samaritan might have distinguished it from their different Passover; all the other [[Gospels]] refer to only the "Passover";
*John's mother made a request of [[Jesus]] that would have been [[blasphemous]] among Jewish people then, and thus she was probably not Jewish. ''See'' {{bibleref|Matthew|20|20-21}};
*John's mother made a request of [[Jesus]] that would have been [[blasphemous]] among Jewish people then, and thus she was probably not Jewish. ''See'' {{bibleref|Matthew|20|20-21}};
*John is the only [[Gospel]] author who never used the term "[[Gentile]]s", as Samaritans would not because they were half-Gentile and thus it was not a distinguishing term for them, while the other Gospel authors (and [[Peter]] and [[Paul]]) repeatedly used that term;
*John's father's name, translated as "Zebedee", appears nowhere in the [[Old Testament]] and is most common today in [[Nigeria]], [[Africa]], which is half [[Muslim]] and half [[Christian]];
*John's father's name, translated as "Zebedee", appears nowhere in the [[Old Testament]] and is most common today in [[Nigeria]], [[Africa]], which is half [[Muslim]] and half [[Christian]];
*John's unique description of [[Jesus]] as possibly coming from the [[Samaritans]];
*John's unique description of [[Jesus]] as possibly coming from the [[Samaritans]];